M/S RICHA CONSTRUCTIONS CO vs M/S NBCC (INDIA) LTD

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 14.11.2025 CM(M) 1864/2024 M/S RICHA CONSTRUCTIONS CO .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee and Ms. Srija Choudhary, Advocates. versus M/S NBCC (INDIA) LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vikrant Pachnanda, Advocate (through videoconferencing). CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA O R D E R (ORAL) 1. Petitioner has assailed order dated 10.11.2023 of the learned trial court, whereby Objections under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, filed by the present respondent, which had been dismissed in default on 19.11.2022, were restored. I have heard learned counsel for both sides. 2. Broadly speaking, the case set up by the present respondent before the trial court was that on 19.11.2022, counsel for the present respondent could not appear on account of her ill health and thereafter, the present respondent remained unaware about dismissal of the Objections in default. It is only in the month of January, 2023 that the present respondent came to know about CM(M) 1864/2024 pages 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode